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With lofty expectations come plenty of predictions, whether it’s a trip to the College Football Playoff or another Big Ten title. So here are three more fearless predictions for Penn State’s 2017 campaign.

We’re back, Nittany Lions fans, with a new episode of our Penn State football podcast, “Airing It Out.” With two weeks until the 2017 season gets underway, beat writer John McGonigal and sports editor Josh Moyer discuss James Franklin’s possible contract extension, fearless predictions and more this week.

We’re counting down the days until kickoff. So, every day, we’ll try to make that time tick by just a little faster by also counting down the top 30 moments of James Franklin’s tenure so far. Up next — with 15 days left — is the No. 15 moment since Franklin took the head-coaching job.

“You grow up watching guys like (Adrian Peterson) and last year Zeke Elliott compete in those drills, and then you get a chance to compete in those drills and see how your numbers stack up against those guys,” Saquon Barkley said. “It was really cool.”

The Penns Valley school board approved Shawn Meyer as the school’s baseball coach on Wednesday night. Meyer takes over after two seasons as an assistant under Jon Bowersox, who resigned following the 2017 season.

We’re counting down the days until kickoff. So, every day, we’ll try to make that time tick by just a little faster by also counting down the top 30 moments of James Franklin’s tenure so far. Up next — with 16 days left — is the No. 16 moment since Franklin took the head-coaching job.

We’re counting down the days until kickoff. So, every day, we’ll try to make that time tick by just a little faster by also counting down the top 30 moments of James Franklin’s tenure so far. Up next — with 17 days left — is the No. 17 moment since Franklin took the head-coaching job.

The New York-Penn League South All-Stars — which included five members of the State College Spikes — used a ninth-inning rally Tuesday night to fend off the North All-Stars 5-2 in the league’s annual showcase of future stars at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy, N.Y.

State College junior Keaton Ellis is one of the most electric athletes in the county — the 6-foot two-way player runs a 4.39-second 40 — and recently talked to us for a Q&A about his college recruitment, Penn State and his favorite position.

We’re counting down the days until kickoff. So, every day, we’ll try to make that time tick by just a little faster by also counting down the top 30 moments of James Franklin’s tenure so far. Up next — with 18 days left — is the No. 18 moment since Franklin took the head-coaching job.

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